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The Guardian: ‘Scent of eternity’: scientists recreate balms used on ancient Egyptian mummy, by Nicola Davis
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/31/scent-of-eternity-scientists-recreate-balms-used-in-ancient-egyptian-mummy
Haaretz: Burial Jars of Pharaoh’s Wet Nurse Reveal Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Mummification, by Ruth Schuster
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-31/ty-article-magazine/burial-jars-of-pharaohs-wet-nurse-reveal-secrets-of-ancient-egyptian-mummification/0000018a-45d1-dbb1-a1ff-45dd9c190000
euronews: Scientists recreate the fragrance of an ancient Egyptian mummy
https://www.euronews.com/video/2023/10/23/scent-of-the-afterlife-scientists-recreate-the-fragrance-of-an-ancient-egyptian-mummy
Daily Mail: Scientists recreate the scent used in the mummification of an Egyptian woman 3,500 years ago – revealing the ‘perfume of the AFTERLIFE’, by Victoria Allen
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12465157/Scientists-recreate-scent-used-mummification-Egyptian-woman-3-500-years-ago-revealing-perfume-AFTERLIFE.html
New Scientist: ‘Scent of eternity’ worn by ancient Egyptian mummy has been revealed, by Sofia Quaglia
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2390048-scent-of-eternity-worn-by-ancient-egyptian-mummy-has-been-revealed/
CNN: How scientists are decoding what the past smelled like, by Kathie Hunt
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/27/world/decoding-how-the-past-smells-scn/index.html
Chemistry world: The smell of history, by Nina Notman
https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/the-smell-of-history/4016790.article
National Geographic: L’archéologie des odeurs, une discipline pleine de promesses, by Manon Meyer-Hilfiger
https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/sciences/2022/12/larcheologie-des-odeurs-une-discipline-pleine-de-promesses
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: What did ancient Egypt smell like? By Jonathan Green
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/blueprintforliving/ancient-smells-barbara-huber/13889010
